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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Ink and wash drawing of a baroque altar with a radiant sunburst, angel figures, curtains and candelabra.

Framed Design for an Altar

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1710-20

Watercolor drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a statue of Apollo, classical colonnade, pond, and bathing figures.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Apollo

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross with a crowd of onlookers and a dog below.

Martydom of Saint Andrew (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of sea deities with a trident-bearing Neptune, sea horses, nymphs and a putto among clouds.

Sea Deities

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with a reclining woman, a standing man, putti and trees on grey paper.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen drawing of half a symmetrical ceiling design with strapwork, scrolls, and floral sprigs around a central panel.

One Half Design for a Ceiling with Floral and Strapwork Motifs (recto); Slight Scribbles (verso)

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude warrior raising a weapon amid a battle with a rearing horse and fleeing figures.

Battle Scene (Samson Slaying the Philistines?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a nude man seen from behind, standing beside a flowing cloak over rocky ground.

Nude Figure with Cloak, seen from rear

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink and red chalk sketch of a standing man, a woman reaching upward, and a crowd of figures in the background.

Scene of Celebration with Dancing and Music-Making (Jephtha and his Daughter?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, ca. 1680-1720

Watercolor sheet of women in corsets and underclothing with gilt frames and handwritten French captions, 1882-90.

Etudes sur les femmes

Henri de Montaut, 1882-90

Brown ink and wash studies of male figures holding tablets in oval frames, captioned as studies for the Moses in Parma.

Nine Studies of the Moses in Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (recto); Nine Studies for the Eve in Santa Maria della…

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Ink and wash drawing of a memorial interior with a central inscribed pyramid, skeletons, flags, crowns, and a skull and cross

Memorial Decoration for the Interior of a Building to Honor the Deceased Ernst Ludwig, 1725

Alessandro Rossini, 1702-36

Pen and watercolor design of a reliquary supported by four nude male figures, with putti holding a crosier and mitre on top.

Design for a Gold and Silver Bishop's Reliquary

Luigi Valadier, late 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man with one arm raised, with a partial torso and arm study at right.

Study of Nude Figure in Front View Looking Upward; Study of Torso and Left Arm

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman with auburn hair holding a branch, with a vase of pale flowers beside her.

Jane Morris: Study for "Mariana"

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1868

Red chalk drawing of a child's head with wavy hair and large eyes, turned slightly to one side, on a light paper ground.

Child's Head

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with angels and two kneeling saints in clouds.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with bowed head, draped cloth and crossed feet.

The Dead Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of the risen Christ rising above a tomb, with sleeping soldier studies in the lower corners.

The Resurrection of Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted soldier grasping a woman who raises her arm, with loose background sketches.

Soldier Stabbing a Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling monk receiving a rosary from a robed figure.

Saint Dominic Giving the Rosary to Pope Pius V

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Wash drawing of two robed saints in clouds, with a cherub holding a papal tiara below and a crozier at right.

Two Saints (Pope and Bishop?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of robed prophets and saints seated on clouds with cherubs, a harp, and tablets, framed by pilasters.

Prophets and Saints in Glory, after Bernardino Poccetti

Santi Pacini, 1735-90

Grey wash drawing of a wolf beside figures on rocky ground, sketched with loose pen lines.

The Discovery of Romulus and Remus (recto); Three Ancient Soldiers (verso)

Paolo Pagani, 1690-1700

Brown ink drawing of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable, with a sheep and an ox nearby.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1554-1627

Grey chalk drawing of a crowned king seated at right with attendants, a woman gesturing, and youths and a child at left.

King Charles VIII of France with the Dying Gian Galeazzo Sforza at Pavia

Pelagio Palagi, 1775-1860

Pencil drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a draped female figure holding a staff, with scroll and shell decoration

One Half of a Design for a Frame of a Stage Proscenium, with a Figure of Justice at the Right, and the Barberini Arms…

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 18th century

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and ink figure studies with red chalk head of a child, showing groups of figures, seated men and an old man.

Figure Studies: The Arrest of Christ?, Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Seated Male Figures, and Head of a Child (rect…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and ink sketch of Christ at a table with a kneeling woman at his feet and onlookers in an interior setting.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and brown ink sheet of figure studies: a robed woman, bearded male heads, a seated nude, and sketched cloud forms.

Figure Studies: Seated Female Holding a Book, Two Heads of Bearded Men, Seated Male Nude, and Four Sketches for Chris…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and wash drawing of overlapping muscular male nudes with studies of arms, shoulders, hands and legs.

Studies of Arms, Shoulders and Hands

Giacomo Franco, 1548-1628

Brown ink and wash sketch of figures hauling ropes beside a boat, with a crowd and wooden structure at right.

Various Figure Groups

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Trompe-l'oeil drawing of scattered prints on a table showing horses, cattle, a portrait, a bridge and walking figures.

Trompe-l'Oeil Exercise: Prints on a Table Top

Pietro Jacopo Palmieri, 1766

Grey wash drawing of a hilly lake landscape with two horsemen, a fisherman, a dog, and a large tree on the left.

Hilly Landscape with Two Cavaliers and Other Figures in the Foreground

Romolo Panfi, 1632-90

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded piazza before a pink palazzo with clock tower, carriages, and a tall Roman column.

The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1743-1744

Brown wash drawing of classical ruins with an arch, Corinthian columns, and small figures among fallen stone fragments.

Figures in Classical Ruins

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1691-1765

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in eighteenth-century dress lifting a tricorne hat overhead.

Man Shading His Face with a Tricorne

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1691-1765

Pen and brown ink sheet with many figure studies, reclining, flying and draped figures, by Paolo Veronese, c. 1570-75.

Studies for The Allegories of Love

Paolo Veronese, 1570-75

Grey wash drawing of a preacher gesturing to a seated crowd beneath tall Corinthian columns and an arched vault.

Saint Paul Preaching in Athens

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1733

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with a Madonna and Child in a garland arch, reclining figure, and cherubs.

Design for the Tomb of a Youth

Parmigianino, 1524-25

Brown chalk drawing of the Madonna embracing the Christ child, with white highlights on drapery and figures.

Madonna and Child (recto); Head and Bust of Saint John the Evangelist (verso)

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Pen and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin and Child, shepherds, and angels in clouds.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Parmigianino, 1524-27

Head of Bearded Man (recto); Head of a Girl (verso)

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, 1503-40

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left, possibly the Portrait of the Poet Giorgio Anselmi (ca. 1459-1528), with Fai…

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Brown ink drawing of a bearded bishop saint in a tall mitre, head turned down, one hand raised to his chest.

Bishop Saint in Bust-Length (Cartoon for an Altarpiece)

Parmigianino, 1529-30

Graphite drawing of a nude winged male figure holding a staff, looking upward, in a dynamic kneeling pose.

Seated Figure of Mercury

Parmigianino, 1524-26

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired figure with one arm raised, wrapped in shaded drapery, by Bartolomeo Passarotti.

An Angel

Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1529-92

Pen and wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with a saint in an arched frame, crowds below, a heavenly angel above, and small fi

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Tiburzio Passarotti, 1577

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of the Nativity: the Virgin holds the infant Christ in a manger, with angels above.

The Nativity

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon with a seated king, a raised sword, and a kneeling woman.

The Judgment of Solomon

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Pen and wash drawing of three archangels among clouds, one holding scales and one a sword, with a small putto at lower right.

The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, surrounded by clouds and angels in a glowing sky.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Brown wash drawing of a saint ascending in clouds toward a cross with angels, while a veiled woman lies on a bed below.

The Ecstasy of the Blessed Giacinta Marescotti

Giuseppe Passeri, 1674-1714

Red chalk drawing of several winged putti clustered on clouds, some seated and embracing, with loose hatched shading.

Winged Putti with Open Music Books

Lorenzo Pasinelli, 1629-1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures on a rocky ridge, one holding a lyre, with smoke and clouds around them.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Filippo Pedrini, 1763-1856

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman in a laurel wreath on clouds beside a column and a small child.

Allegorical Figure of Chastity

Filippo Pedrini, 1792-1816

Pen and brown ink sketch of a decorative wall panel with two female figures, a central garland, and a bull's skull.

Sketch for a wall panel in the Sala Paolina at Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1546

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned among saints and angels beneath a draped canopy.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch…

Perino del Vaga, 1522-23

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two saints at a classical temple gate healing a seated cripple with a staff.

Saints Peter and John Healing a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Pen and brown ink drawing with white highlights of two standing male figures, one in a turban and robes, one seen from behind

Two Standing Male Figures

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Pen and ink drawing with studies of lion heads at various angles and a decorative cartouche below.

Six Studies of Animal Heads and of a Cartouche

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1527-96

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin climbing temple steps, with Abraham and Isaac in the upper trian

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above)

Perino del Vaga, 1520

Brown ink drawing of an ornate festival barge with classical relief panels, figures, and sea creatures below.

Design for a Festival Float or Barge

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1530-40